A review by stillmsp
The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton

4.0

The finest mysteries complicate the distinction between right and wrong. G K Chesterton does this admirably. Where he differs from someone like Agatha Christie who was also expert at moral gray areas (remember Murder on the Orient Express) is in the central place given to his brutally pragmatic view of politics. These episodes in the life of Horne Fisher and Harold March are clever puzzles but also scathing and worldly observations on the many and varied ways in which elites grab power and try to hang onto it. Completely without melodrama, coolly unfolding plot and quirky characters, this is a great read, and free to download too.